Hubungan antara Status Gizi, Asupan Kafein, dan Kecerdasan Emosional dengan Kejadian Pra-Hipertensi

Abstract

Pre-hypertension  is  a  state  of  blood  pressure  above  normal  but  not  yet  included  in hypertension.  Pre-hypertension  is  more  at  risk  for  hypertension  and  cardiovascular disease than normal blood pressure. Many factors could have contribute to the problem. This study was to determine the relationship between nutritional status, caffeine intake, and emotional intelligence with the incidence of pre-hypertension in final year students at University of Jenderal Soedirman. This study was an analytic observational study with a cross-sectional approach. The respondents was 89 final year students from 12 faculties taken by purposive sampling technique. Respondents were female and male who were in seventh semester or above or were working on final project with condition that they were not  on  a  weight  loss  diet and  had  never  been  diagnosed  with  kidney  or  heart  disease. Nutritional status variable were measured by IMT, caffeine intake variable were measured by  SQ-FFQ,  and  emotional intelligence  variable  were  measured  by  TEIQue-SF.  Data analysis used by fisher exact test. The results showed a significant relationship between nutritional status (p=0.013) and emotional intelligence (p=0.011) with the incidence of pre- hypertension, but there was no significant relationship between caffeine intake (p=0.188) with the incidence of pre hypertension in final year students.

Keywords: caffeine intake, emotional intelligence, nutritional status, pre-hypertension